TY  - BOOK
AU  - Greenblatt,Stephen
TI  - Tyrant: Shakespeare on politics 
SN  - 9780393635751
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Dictators in literature
KW  - Power (Social sciences) in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Oblique angles -- Party politics -- Fraudulent populism -- A matter of character -- Enablers -- Tyranny triumphant -- The instigator -- Madness in great ones -- Downfall and resurgence -- Resistible rise -- Coda
N2  - "As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the societies they rule over, Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the catastrophic consequences of its execution."--
ER  -